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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer to a mental hospital of a person admitted |
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to a facility for emergency detention. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 573.022, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A facility that has admitted a person for emergency |
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detention under Subsection (a) or to which a person has been |
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transported under Subsection (b) may transfer the person to an |
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appropriate mental hospital with the written consent of the |
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hospital administrator. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |